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Alberta town to vote on banning Pride flags and rainbow crosswalks

If passed, Westlock would be the first town in Alberta with such a bylaw. The move echoes similar attempts in the U.S. to ban Pride flags in schools and government buildings

By Mel Woods, Oliver Haug

Queer View Mirror

Radical, tender and unapologetically queer: ‘Tongues Untied’ still speaks volumes

Why a 30-year-old film talks circles around its modern cousins

By S. Bear Bergman

‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ Season 16, Episode 3 power ranking: Ball so hard

We’ve finally got our whole crop of 14 queens to rank—just in time for one to go home

By Kevin O'Keeffe

‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ Season 16, Episode 3 recap: This is a potential mother

The Mother of All Balls produces some surprisingly strong results for a mega-ball

By Kevin O'Keeffe

Music

10 years later, we still need ‘Transgender Dysphoria Blues’

OPINION: Against Me!’s seminal 2014 trans punk album is more vital than ever in 2024

Poilievre’s concern over press freedom is just dystopian world-building

OPINION: In his false, bifurcated view of reality, queer and trans people are treated as villains

‘Your faith is yours.’ Community leaders discuss being queer and Muslim

Canada’s queer Muslim community embraces multiple identities while confronting prejudice from many sides

By Larayb Abrar

Far-right groups turning to ‘lawfare’ tactic to push back against LGBTQ2S+ curriculum

Experts say the tactic is more about intimidation than legal enforceability

‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ Season 16, Episode 2 power ranking: RuVeal the ratings

Another seven queens get a chance to participate in the Rate-a-Queen twist

By Kevin O'Keeffe

‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ Season 16, Episode 2 recap: How the other half slays

Let’s meet the other seven queens competing this season!

By Kevin O'Keeffe

‘Canada’s Drag Race’ Season 4, Episode 9 power ranking: Canada’s Next Drag Superstar is …

“Melinda Verga’s Drag Race” comes to an end

By Kevin O'Keeffe

‘Canada’s Drag Race’ Season 4 finale recap: Single ladies

The top four queens debut new singles, and one is crowned Canada’s Next Drag Superstar

By Kevin O'Keeffe

Archaic electoral system disadvantages trans candidates

ANALYSIS: Ohio trans candidate Vanessa Joy’s disqualification is part of a larger systemic problem

By Jude Ellison S. Doyle

‘Canada’s Drag Race’ showrunner Trevor Boris talks Season 4, Golden Beavers and ‘Big Brother Canada’

If you wonder where the game theory of “CDR” comes from, look no further than Boris’s previous production credits

By Kevin O'Keeffe

Justice

Canada’s prison system is still vastly transphobic

Despite recent changes to Canada’s Human Rights Act, incarcerated trans people in Canada still face violence and discrimination

By Charlotte Sheasby

America’s latest LGBTQ2S+ book hysteria hits too close to home

OPINION: Police were called into a Massachusetts middle school library after someone complained about a queer book. The incident brought back memories of my time growing up in the district

By Katelyn Burns

‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ Season 16, Episode 1 power ranking: Rank-a-Queen

The queens’ ratings provide a guide for our own power rankings, although we might disagree a bit

By Kevin O'Keeffe

‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ Season 16 premiere recap: Spring breakers

“Drag Race” fully embraces that it wants its MTV

By Kevin O'Keeffe

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